News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-08
A DRUMMER'S YARN.
His Story of How He Was Not Rob
bed of Watch and Money.
(From the Atlanta Constitution.1

&c Has the morning paper anything
about the capture of those Texan train
robbers 2" said guest at the Kimball
yesterday morning to his neighbor who
was burying himself in the morning
paper.
''Guess not, was the careless reply.
81 don't see anything about it,
''Because, you see, said the inquirer,
apolOgetically, 81 feel n little personal
interest in those fellows. [ am on my
way back there now, and hope to recog-
nize some of 'em when / get to the jails
where they have the suspected men con-
fined"
''Recognize them?'' said the news
paper reader, lowering his paper aud
looking curiously at the speaker.
EYES," he said, touching the top of
his-heed carelessly.
. / was on tnc train, and got pretty
rough introduction to them. I don't
care to try the experience again, though,
/ confess, would be rather glad to re-
new the acquaintance under other cir
cumstances if could recognize them
among the captured men,"
The paper went down on the table,
and the reader and all those seated at
the table were attention.
"You see, he continued, encouraged
by the interested attention of the yet
breakfastless group, sit was in the
night, and we had all retired in the
sleeping car. After we passed San
Antonio on the way to Fort Worth /
dropped off to sleep. The next thing l
knew I was awakened by loud voices.
1 found the car dark and the train still.
1 soon discovered by the talk that the
occupants of the berths just adjoining
me were being robbed. 1 tumbled at
once to the situation and began to hus-
tie to hide my money and watch. 1 was
just in the act of slipping them under
the mattress when l heard one of the
robbers say, RIP it open, which showed
that they were doing their work leisure
ly and thoroughly. So 1 concluded it
was useless to hide it there. l reached
over by the window and found a little
crack Just at the side of the bed, and l
showed my watch and roll of bills down
there. Then I slipped my trousers
chance to go through them. There
change in the pocket. Just as [ did
this, however, it occurred to me that if
they found so little as that they would
think that [ had more somewhere else.
So [ reached over and pulled bill off
my roll and stuck it in the pocket and
settled myself as though 1 was asleep,
When they came l didn't wake at first,
and when I did started as though just
walked out of a sleep, and asked what
was the matter. Then one of them hit
me whack over the head with re
volver, and told me to wake up and get
out my money in q hurry Imade some
little show of protest, and gave up my
little pile in my trousers pockets with
good deal of grumbling. The leader,
who, by the way, was a rather fine
looking fellow and evidently person
of good education, said: Where's the
rest of it? You're n drummer, amt
YOU? You drummers always have plenty
of money!! 1 said: That's where you
arc mistaken, Captain. We sell the
goods, but don't collect the bills. We
never have any money. Now, Captain,
I continued for effect, cant you give
me back those two silver dollars and
NOT leave me without absolutely any
money p ooh, we are not making
change tonight he answered as he
finished up the car and came back he
stopped at my berth again and said:
How do you feel now, pardner?' l
answered that felt pretty well. Well,
good night said he with a laugh. 4
hope to meet you again When they
went out 1 pulled out my watch and
roll and found that L was only out
twelve dollars and few cents over.
Most of the people on the train lost all
their money, watches, and diamonds" "
"Would you know the men if you
should see them again2"
Undoubtedly. They wore no masks,
and the lights they carried enabled me
to see them distinctly, especially the
leader, and a fine looking fellow he was,
too"
The gentleman whose rather startling
experiences had furnished the theme for
breakfast table gossip left shortly after
wurd for Texas, where he goes for the
purpose of identifing, if possible, the
men now under arrest.